Sokol Blosser Winery

[4] An expanded and revised edition was published in 2017 as The Vineyard Years: A Memoir with Recipes by West Margin Press.

[5] The winery opened a new tasting room in 2013, designed by architect Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture.

[3] The Tasting Room received the American Institute of Architects - Northwest and Pacific Region 2013 Design Award[6] and has been written about in numerous architectural publications.

They also lease land in the Eola Hills and in 2021 bought a 65-acre parcel in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA called Kalita Vineyard.

After a year of slowly taking over operations, Susan completed the transition from her 25-year management of the company to Alex and Alison as co-presidents in 2008.

Alex transferred winemaking duties in 2023 to Robin Howell when he took over as President and Alison retired from her Co-President position.

Bill and Susan continue active involvement in the winery, serving on the board of directors and helping out during crush and public events.

Nik, Alex and Alison have created a plan to familiarize the third generation (Alexander, Jacob, Avery, Nikolas, Anna, Dario, Luca and Isabelle) with the winery and vineyards, and to enable them to work during the summers and harvest.

In 1996, Sokol Blosser's vineyards were the first to be certified Salmon-Safe, a program launched by the Pacific Rivers Council to publicize products produced without using pesticides and causing runoff that would harm salmon.

Sokol Blosser's underground barrel cellar became the first US winery to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification for an industrial building.

[7] At the north end of a main Pinot noir vineyard block is a 24 kW photovoltaic solar panel array, which was installed in 2006 and provides approximately 25% of the Winery's energy needs.

The Winery's 89 acres of estate vineyards are all USDA certified organic and comprise 14 southeast- and southwest-facing parcels spread over the slopes of the hills.

The Winery leases and farms organically a 20+ acre vineyard called Blossom Ridge in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA.

This is the first vineyard with non-volcanic soils owned by the Winery and will produce wines distinctly different from the Dundee and Eola-Amity Hills.

Bill Blosser demonstrates how to plant vines - 1972
The first and second generation Sokol Blossers. (Nik, Susan, Alison, Bill, and Alex)